Category: Zoology
What Is Lost with the Rise of AI
Thoreau wrote, “A person’s interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.” That’s what we’re losing.
Butterly Metamorphosis as a Test Case for Sternberg’s Immaterial Genome
What is the “it” (in “itself”) that carries through from beginning to end? The creature’s “self” seems to be lost along the way, in the goo.
Let’s Enter “Bat Echolocation Evolution” in Google Scholar
How did it arise? Is a detailed description available out there? When I tried that search myself, the first paper that came up was this one.
Honeybees, Traffic Accidents, and the Immaterial Genome
An RV strangely burst into explosive flames yesterday afternoon in a traffic accident in the Mount Baker tunnel that leads from Seattle across Lake Washington.
More Than a Thumb: Integrated Design in the Giant Panda
Is the famous “panda’s thumb” evidence of unguided evolutionary processes, or is it a masterpiece of engineering.